Vacuum cleaning-brush



H. w. WASENSKA.

VACUUM CLEANING BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 28, 1919.

Patented July 6, 1920.

HENRY W.. WASENSKA, 0F COLLINSVILLE, ILLINOIS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented July 6,1920.

.Application filed February 2a, 19x9. Serial a, 279,721.

To all "whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. VVASEN- sin, a citizen of the United States, residing at Collinsville, in the county of Madison and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vacuum Cleaning-Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to brushes, and more'especially to those intended for use on the clothing and hats although I do not wish to be confined to this particular use of the same; and the object of the invention is to produce a vacuum cleaning brush containing a suction fan which picks up the dirt and dust and accumulates the same within a bag.

Another object is to produce an entirely portable brush of this character driven by a small self-contained electric motor by means of a current of electricity supplied through a wire or cable.

Another object is to produce a construction wherein the brush may be used in a horizontal position or otherwise.

Details are set forth in the following specification and claims, and attention is invitedto the drawings wherein Figure 1 is a perspective View of this brush complete, and

Fig. 2 is a Vertical central longitudinal section therethrough.

As no novelty is claimed for the motor itself, I have not illustrated its details. It is referred to on the drawings broadly by the letter M, and is shown as housed within a motor case C. It is a rotary electric motor and current is supplied along the cable or wire W' from a suitable source, a snap switch S being provided to turn on or turn off the electricity as desired.

The fan is broadly indicated by the numeral 1, and is of the rotary suction type, being mounted on the lower end of the m0- tor shaft. It is disposed within a metallic fan case 2 which is by preference connected with the motor case by means of flanges as indicated at 3, and screws or bolts 4:. The fan case itself is cylindrical, and has an outturned flange 5, at its lower end, which end is open and constitutes the inlet, and one side of the fan case has an opening constituting the outlet 6. I will describe the parts in the position shown in Fig. 2 wherein the inlet is at'the. bottom and the outlet is at one side, although it is to be understood that this brush need not be operated always in that position.

The body of the brush includes an oval or oblong metallic shell 10 carrying at one end a circular flan 15 detachably connected with the flange 5. of the fan case by screws or bolts 14,.and from the flange 15 a conicalair inlet 16 leads downward within the shell and opens through a partition 17- as seen in Fig, 2, the above a raised bottom tween them there. is let a space 19 for a purpose yet to appear. The interior of the shell around the conical inlet 16 and to the remote end of the shell constitutes a dust chamber 20 into which the accumulations are delivered from the fan 1 through the outlet (5 and a funnel 21 whose inlet end is rather wide as seen in Fig. 1 and whose spout is preferably deflected downward as seen in Fig. 2. A dust bag 22 is mounted on the end of the spout and lies in the chamber 20 in any appropriate position. A cover 23 is hinged at 24 to one end of the shell 1.0 and has a depending flange 25 around its edge, the free end of the cover and the flange being shaped to closely fit over the Wider end of the funnel 21. Any suitable fastening device may be employed to hold the cover closed, but I prefer to use a bail 26 whose center overlies the cover at its free end and is hinged thereon as at 27, while its arms have hooks 28 ada ted to engage eyes 29 in the sides of the s ell 10. When the fastening device is unhooked and the cover raised, access is had to the dust ba 22 which of course will be removably attac ed to'the funnel, and it may he slipped off of the same to be emptied and replaced from time to time. Whenever access to the interior mechanism is required, it is only necessary to remove the fastening devices 14 and take the flange 5 off the flange 15 so that the fan and its case and the motor and its case are separated from the body and the brush, and the funnel 21 and dust bag 22 come off with the removable parts.

The brush is composed of tufts'30 set at their upper ends into a block 31 which latter is mounted in the lower end of the shell 10 and supported by an inturned flange 32 at the lower edge thereof. This block is of proper thickness to fit between said flange and the bottom plate 18. and through the latter are openings communicating with nozzles 33 which extend down between the tufts 'artition standing ate 18 so that. be-

and terminate short of their lower ends, the upper ends of the nozzles communicating with the space 19 between the two plates 17 and.18, and this space in turn communicatin through the inlet 16 with the fan case.

.IVhen now the current is turned on and the motor commences to rotate, the fan is driven in the proper direction to create suction at the inlet 16 as will be clearly understood. Dirt or dust agitated by the tufts is picked up at the lower ends of" the suction nozzles 33 and flows through the space 19 and inlet 16 and into the fan case, whence it is blown out laterally through the outlet 6 and-the funnel 21, and the air is strained out by the fabric-bag 22, leaving the dust in the latter. Obviously this brush may be employed for cleaning clothing, hats, or any appropriate article or substance, its use depending mainly upon its size and the character of the bristles employed in the brush tufts. If built on a larger scale, and especially if a handle were provided, the device might be used for cleaning carpets or rugs or for reaching up and dusting the walls.

The foregoing description and the drawings have reference to what may be con sidered the preferred, or approved form of my invention. It is to be understood that I may make such changes in construction and arrangement and combination of parts, materials, dimensions, et cetera, as may prove expedient and fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A vacuum cleaner comprising a brush, a hollow shell surrounding the brush back, the latter having openings into the shell, a partition above said back, a fan inlet pipe opening into said partition, a suction fan for drawing dust into said inlet pipe, a case for the fan communicating with said fan inlet pipe, a spout carried by the case and communicating with the interior of the shell, and a cover for the shell supported by said spout.

2. A vacuum cleaner comprising a brush, a hollow shell surrounding the brush back, and the latter having openings into the shell, a partition above said back, a fan inlet pipe opening through said partition, a suction fan for drawing dustinto said pipe, a case for the fan communicating with said fan inlet pipe, said case being provided with a "fan outlet pipe disposed in the shell, and a dust bag removably mounted on said spout and supported by said partition.

3. A vacuum cleaner comprising a shell, a dustchamber in the bottom of the shell, an inlet pipe communicating with said chamber, a suction fanfor drawing dust from said chamber into said inlet pipe, a case for the fan attached to said inlet pipe, said case having a side opening communicating with the interior of the shell.

4:. A vacuum cleaner comprising a shell, a dust chamber in the bottom thereof, an inlet pipe communicating with said dust chamber and having a fian e surrounding its upper end, a suction fan For drawing dust from the chamber into said inlet pipes, a case for the fan having a flange adapted to be removably attached to the first mentioned flange and said fan case having a side opening communicating with the interior of the shell.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY W. WASENSKA.

Witnesses:

Jon KALINA, LEONA C. BREWER. 

